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BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 8 Sept 05

Posted on: Thursday, 8 September 2005, 06:00 CDT

Iraqi Press Headlines

8 September 05

Al-Adalah [Baghdad, twice-weekly newspaper in Arabic published by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)]:

Presidential council holds extraordinary session to discuss security, political situation \ Electoral Commission excludes approved political entities from submitting new applications \ Barzani: Applying constitution will ensure Iraq stability (KUNA quoted) \ Demonstration in Kurdistan to demand better conditions (AFP quoted) \ Car bomb found; Three terrorists arrested in Abu- Ghurayb \ National guards, Iraqi police allowed to take part in referendum, referendum \ Al-Najaf airport to run flights in early October \ PM meets delegation of Al-Samawah tribal leaders \ Constitutional committee member Sa'd Qindil: Arab rulers turned their back on Al-A'immah bridge disaster; [Arab League chief] Amr Musa has nothing to do with Iraqi constitution \ Bahraini foreign minister stresses GCC keenness on Iraq stability (KUNA quoted) \ IOM offers 50,000 dollars to Al-A'immah bridge victims (KUNA quoted) \. Iraq calls on Australia to help with agricultural projects \ UK opens application for scholarships to Iraqis \ Following Al-A'immah disaster, Al-Hawzah scholars calls for public boycott of states supporting terrorism \ Planning Ministry to organize Iraq reconstruction exhibition in Amman \ Over 9,000 medical teams involved in polio campaign \

Baghdad [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Accord Movement]:

Iraqi scientists packing for fear of their lives \ Red Crescent: Indications, eyewitnesses confirm there are Iraqi POWs in Iran \ One person killed, 16 wounded in demonstration in Al-Sulaymaniyah (AFP quoted) \ Car bomb explodes in Al-Karradah [Baghdad]; Al-Habbaniyah base attacked \ GCC calls for preserving Iraq's Arab identity \ Four US security guards killed in roadside bomb explosion in Basra (AFP quoted) \ Electoral Commission calls on political entities to apply for approval \ Emergency medical plan for displaced families of Talla'far \ Prisoners' participation in referendum, election under discussion \ Bilharzias outbreak in Diyala \

Al-Bayan [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Islamic Al-Da'wah Party]:

Government, people stand for one minute to commemorate Al- A'immah bridge martyrs \ Government responds to Talla'far residents' appeal; Al-Qa'im pleads for help; 13 terrorists captured; Foreign terrorists killed on Syrian borders, in Karbala, other areas; Army, police continue pursuit of terrorists in Kirkuk quarters \ PM forms committee to supervise donations; Decision approved to provide housing to Al-A'immah martyrs' families \ Water resources minister: Iraq calls for solution to problem of co-riparian states within international law \ Iraq to increase oil exports by 110,000 bpd in late September (news agencies quoted) \ Japan builds water regulators, housing compounds in Iraq marshes \ Baghdad municipality resumes drinking water pumping to Baghdad residents \Iraqi forces take charge of Al-Najaf in a step towards gradual US withdrawal from nine Iraqi governorates \ Iraqi-UAE meeting in Abu Dhabi to support victims of Al-Kadhimiyah disaster \

Al-Da'wah [Baghdad, weekly newspaper in Arabic published by the Central Bureau of the Islamic Al-Da'wah Party]:

Death penalty against those inciting sectarian strife \ One- minute silence observed in memory of Al-A'immah bridge victims \ Constituency system to be applied in next elections \ Letters from Bin-Ladin seized; Izzat al-Duri surrounded in Abu-Ghurayb \ Government opens Raghad Saddam Husayn's file \ Iraqi draft resolution before Arab foreign ministers \ Over one million people visited voter registration centres \ WHO: Three billion dinars allocated for health care; 27 million influenza vaccines provided \ Labour Ministry to participate in elderly training course in UK \

Al-Dustur [Baghdad, daily published by Al-Dustur Press, Publishing and Distribution House]:

One hundred and twelve terrorists captured including six Afghans, Al-Zarqawi driver in Talla'far \ Wolf Brigade breaks largest assassination network \ President: No minister dismissal will be signed without sufficient grounds \ Talabani: Saddam confessed to executions \ Compromise over election law satisfies Kurds, Shi'is, receives no objection from Sunnis (news agencies quoted) \ PM: Government holding talks to reshuffle ministries with poor performance \ Huge fire engulfs more than 50 shops in Assyrian market (news agencies quoted) \ Peaceful demonstration in Kalar [north] turns into riots (news agencies quoted) \ Kuwaiti FM stresses country's support for Iraq (news agencies quoted) \ New mass grave found in Kirkuk (news agencies quoted) \ Al-A'immah bridge toll rises to 1,030 dead, 700 wounded (news agencies quoted) \ Hostage freed in Baghdad; Ten terrorists arrested; Car bomb detonated in Al-Karradah \ Kurdistan parliament Speaker receives Sunni Arab delegation (news agencies quoted) \ Al-Najaf's Hawzah calls for boycotting neighbouring states backing terror \

Al-Mada [Baghdad, daily, independent newspaper published by Al- Mada Media, Culture and Arts Corporation]:

National Assembly members demand quick action from government in Talla'far \ Barzani: Federalism, democracy main constants of Iraq's permanent constitution \ Decision to dismiss electricity minister referred to presidential council for approval \ Defence Ministry official, police commando colonel killed in Baghdad \ Italian troops withdraw 200 soldiers from Al-Nasiriyah \ Iraqi military academy reopened \ Education minister: Schools for the handicapped opened in Baghdad \

Al-Mu'tamar [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Congress]:

Iraqis observe one-mine silence to mourn Al-A'immah bridge victims \ Iraq calls on Arabs to honour their commitments \ Talla'far residents leave city \ Talabani: Saddam deserves to be executed 20 times a day \ Al-Kadhimiyah mortar bomb attackers apprehended \ US ambassador: Shi'is, Kurds made significant concessions over de-Ba'thification, draft constitution \ Drug smuggling gang caught in Karbala \ International water symposium begins in Ankara; Water resources minister: Hopes for sharing Euphrates water with Turkey, Syria under international law \ Following Assyrian market fire, Baghdad governorate council demands reinstatement of night watch \ Transport Ministry: Preparations to resume Baghdad-Cairo flights \

Al-Sharq al-Awsat [Baghdad edition of London-based daily Al- Sharq al-Awsat, Saudi-owned]:

Talabani: Investigators extract from Saddam confessions to Al- Anfal [campaign against Kurds], executions \ Baghdad: Central criminal court issue prison sentences against 35 Arab, foreign detainees; Prisoners convicted of terrorism, drug-trafficking, other crimes; Sentences issued before reinstatement of death penalty \ Iraqi president: Constitution article on Iraq identity drafted in agreement with Arab League \ Strange day in Baghdad; Government imposes failed traffic system adopted by Saddam; Capital of third largest owner of world oil reserve suffer gasoline shortages \ One killed, 16 wounded in violent acts following peaceful demonstration in Iraqi Kurdish town \ [Iraqi Bloc MP] Rasim al-Awadi: Conference for Iraqi national forces in Baghdad in late September with Arab presence \ Bush to receive Iraqi president in White House (Reuters quoted) \ Thirty-three Afghanis released in Al-Amarah \ Iraqi Chaldeans migrate to west; Amman their temporary station \

Al-Zaman [daily, independent, Baghdad edition of London-based Al- Zaman]:

Draft resolution at Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo; Arab League to open Baghdad office; Diplomatic relations to be back to normal \ Car bomb in Al-Karradah leaves two dead, eight wounded; 112 Afghans arrested in Talla'far \ One minute silence a week after bridge disaster \ Al-Ja'fari: Constitution nearly over \ Iraqi Communist Party prepares for eighth conference \ Fire destroys four stalls in Al-Bayya market [Baghdad] \ UNESCO launches website in support of constitutional process \ Red Cross: Drugs, medical supplies provided to Al-Kadhimiyah hospital \ Basra police free hostage in Al-Dir, find stolen truck \ Dhi-Qar governor orders immediate investigation into chlorine poisoning \ Multinational forces: 75 service projects in Al-Najaf at 37m dollar cost \ Iraq records screw worm incidence in 120,000 animals, 22,000 humans \

Iraqi Press Quotes

Al-Bayan [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Islamic Al-Da'wah Party]:

[From editorial]

"This disaster [of Al-A'immah bridge] will bear witness to the unparalleled challenge of the Iraqi man who still rejects all forms of national and sectarian discrimination and tries with all his might to face up to terrorism and malicious Wahabi ideology aimed at striking Iraqi people's unity and fomenting internal strife \ The memorable position of people in response to the bridge disaster has shown to all, near and far, how the souls that are full of faith and patience are determined to proceed with the national march to root out terror and follow the martyrs' lead by holding on to the right and defending Iraqi people's unity \"

Al-Mu'tamar [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Congress]:

[From Abd-al-Khaliq Husayn]

"The Sunni Arab leaders should learn from the experience of their Shi'i brothers after Iraq's liberation from the Ottoman rule at the hands of UK troops at the beginning of the twentieth century \ They should not make the same fatal mistake while ushering in the twenty- first century, the age of globalization, democracy and equality. They have to take part in the political process with all their weight, using all the democratic means available \ Insisting on the mistake, resorting to violence and flexing muscles will only bring further losses and defeats \ No Iraqi wants to exclude Sunnis. It is they who have chosen to marginalize themselves \"

Sources as quoted

Source: BBC Monitoring Newsfile

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